National Regional Profile: Murray (A) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 155155500   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
134
176
153
148
188
Unemployment rate%
4.9
5.7
4.7
4.7
5.9
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
745
827
840
856
-
Taxable individualsno.
2 461
2 517
2 624
2 671
-
Taxable income$m
82.6
85.9
97.3
98.9
-
Average taxable income$
33 552
34 142
37 068
37 033
-
Net tax$m
17.5
18.5
21.8
21.1
-
Average net tax$
7 112
7 368
8 316
7 896
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.2
21.6
22.4
21.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
2 017
2 107
2 162
2 145
-
Wage and salary income $m
60.0
64.1
69.5
70.8
-
Total income $m
63.3
67.2
72.9
74.6
-
Average wage and salary income$
29 730
30 404
32 142
33 011
-
Average total income$
31 388
31 895
33 738
34 773
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
52.6
51.7
52.4
51.9
-
Females%
47.4
48.3
47.6
48.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
20.1
20.7
19.7
18.7
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
24.2
22.4
22.6
21.7
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
23.7
22.9
22.4
21.8
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
20.8
22.3
22.3
22.7
-
Aged 55 years and over%
11.2
11.7
13.0
15.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
10.2
10.1
10.3
-
Professionals%
-
12.2
12.8
12.3
-
Associate Professionals%
-
7.0
7.2
7.0
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
11.5
11.3
11.3
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.5
2.7
2.4
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
16.7
17.1
16.6
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
6.8
6.7
7.1
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
11.4
11.1
11.6
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
15.4
15.2
14.8
-
Not Stated%
-
6.2
5.9
6.5
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
530
417
431
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
17.0
11.3
12.6
-
-
Total income$m
17.4
12.7
14.1
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
32 054
27 018
29 300
-
-
Average total income$
32 831
30 369
32 616
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
405
405
372
387
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
99
117
126
135
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
66
84
90
87
Total businessesno.
-
570
606
588
609
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
84
72
75
Employing businessesno.
-
-
21
18
18
Total business entriesno.
-
-
105
90
93
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
78
93
54
Employing businessesno.
-
-
9
6
21
Total business exitsno.
-
-
87
99
75
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year